This script would generate list of cards in random order. You can redirect output to deck.txt file and use it for your PHP code.
Lines end with "\r\n", then it should work on both Windows and Linux/Unix platforms.

By : makler

<?php

/**

*

* Deck random generation

*

* Usage:

* php -f deckgen.php > deck.txt

*

* Author: Piotr Klaban <makler@man.torun.pl>

* Date: Mon, May 20 2002

**/



$deck = normal_order_deck();



mt_srand(make_seed());



// PHP internal command shuffle() do not work with mt_srand (for now)

local_mt_shuffle ($deck);



while (list (, $elem) = each ($deck)) {

echo "$elem" . "\r\n";

}



// Alternative method is to use srand + shuffle,

// but in the way I get very-pseudo random results.

//

// srand ((float)microtime()*1000000);

// shuffle ($deck);

//



// Generate deck of cards in normal order

function normal_order_deck()

{

$deck = array();

$cards = array(0 => 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,'J','Q','K');

while (list (, $c) = each ($cards)) {

array_push($deck,$c . 'S');

array_push($deck,$c . 'H');

array_push($deck,$c . 'D');

array_push($deck,$c . 'C');

}

return $deck;

}



// seed with microseconds

function make_seed() {

list($usec, $sec) = explode(' ', microtime());

return (float) $sec + ((float) $usec * 100000);

}



// shuffle array - not optimized

function local_mt_shuffle(&$arr) {

$local_num = array();

$local_arr = array();

$cnt = 0;

$maxcnt = count($arr);

while ($cnt < $maxcnt) {

$num = mt_rand(0,$maxcnt-1);

if (!isset($local_num[$num])) {

$local_num[$num] = 1;

$local_arr[$cnt] = $arr[$num];

++$cnt;

}

}

$arr = $local_arr;

}



?>

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